Wagon-seat.



A. A. VIK.

WAGON SEAT. APPLICATION FILED KAB. 27, 190B.

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WAGON SEAT.

APPLIOATION FILED' MAB. 27, 190s.

922,546. Patented May 25, 1909.

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WAGON-SET.

Application filed March 27, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW A. VIK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Northwood, in the county o'r' Grand Forks, State of NorthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fllagon-Seats, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to an improvement in wagon seats and foot-boardsfor vehicles and more especially for use on grain wagons, trucks, anddrays and other heavy vehicles.

The objects of my invention are to make a wagon seat and foot-boardwhich will be simple in construction, strong and serviceable in use, andcheap to manufacture. Also, to provide a wagon seat and foot-board whichwill be resiliently supported, thus insuring ease and comfort to thedriver of the vehicles.

Another object of my invention is to provide a foot-board which may beraised or lowered and adjusted as desired, and which may be very readilyattached to vehicles now in use without any substantial alteration ofthe said vehicle.

A further object is to provide a wagon seat and adjustable foot-boardwhich may be supported by one and the same spring, so that the seat andfoot-board having been adjusted, the desired distance apart, will movesimultaneously without altering` substantially their spaced relation.

I attain the above and other objects by means more fully described andclaimed hereinafter, and also illustrated in the accompanying drawingswhich form a part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my invention attachedto a vehicle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of my invention detached from a vehicle. Fig. a is a top planview of the invention attached to a vehicle.

In the drawings like numerals indicate like parts throughout.

The numeral 7 designates a supporting beam, which is secured adjacent tothe bot- Speci-Ication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Serial N0. 423,669.

tom of the front oli' the wagon body 6. Supported upon and secured tothe said beam 7, is the elliptic spring 8, ruiminglongitudinallythereto. A fiat bar 9 is fastened to the top portion of the saidelliptic spring 8 by securing bolts 10, and secured at each end of thebar 9, and extending upwardly are the seat standards I I. rI`hesestandards pass through the guiding loops l2, which are secured to thefront of the wagon body and which, while they allow free longitudinalmovement of the stan dards 1l, hold the same from lateral movement.Adjacent to their upper ends, the above mentioned standards are curvedas at 13, so that the curved portion will overvlie the inside of thewagon body. A seat board I6, having a back rest 14, is suitably fastenedbetween said standards at the points 17, and by the braces I5. It willbe seen that by fastening the front of the seat board to the uprightportion ot the above mentioned standards, and the rear of said board tothe end ofthe curved portions ofthe same, the intermediate curvedportion will serve as side rails or arm rests.

'Ihe numeral I8 indicates a foot-board, which is adjustably secured tothe seat standards Il, by means oli braces 20, said braces engaging thestandards l1 by means of integrally secured rings 2l, which in turn areadjustably held to said standards by means of bolts 22, or othersuitable means, whereby the said board 1S may be raised or lowered asdescribed.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a seatand foot-board, which when the said board has been adjusted as desired,will always be in the saine adjusted spaced relation to each other, nomatter what proportion of weight is on the seat or on the loot-board. Itwill be likewise seen that my invention may be easily attached to awagon by simply bolting er otherwise securing the beam 7 to the front otthe wagon body, and securing the guiding loops l2 with the standardspassing through them, to the front of the wagon body.

What is claimed, is

In a device ot' the class described, a beam secured to the front of awagon body, a spring supported upon said beam and se Cured thereto, aerossbar secured to the to In testimony whereof, I ai-BX my signaof saidspring7 seat standards secured to eac ture, in presence of twoWitnesses.

end of said cross bar and extending upwardly and curved adjacent theirupper ends, ANDREW A' VIK' and a seat secured between the Curved por-Vitnesses:

tions of said standards whereby said curved CHAS. GUsTAFsoN,

portions will form side rails for said seat. THOMAS OLSON.

